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Zitron Squeeze · July 23 · 7 min

The Subprime Data Center Crisis

A lot of the AI story is being told as a technology race. But underneath it, there's a financing story, and that story matters because booms usually break where the money got weird. Why the CDO comparison exists Off-balance-sheet debt and what it hides Overbuild versus actual demand Customer concentration and contract cliffs NVIDIA's backstop and circular demand Who ultimately holds the risk Why so much money flowed in How bad could it get Source: Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At — The Subprime Data Center Crisis This podcast was created with Podkey. Make your own at https://podkey.fm

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A lot of the AI story is being told as a technology race. But underneath it, there's a financing story, and that story matters because booms usually break where the money got weird.

  • Why the CDO comparison exists
  • Off-balance-sheet debt and what it hides
  • Overbuild versus actual demand
  • Customer concentration and contract cliffs
  • NVIDIA's backstop and circular demand
  • Who ultimately holds the risk
  • Why so much money flowed in
  • How bad could it get

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This podcast was created with Podkey. Make your own at https://podkey.fm

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